WorkCover and Workplace Health and Safety

Know your obligations, manage your risks

Managing risk at the workplace is becoming increasingly important following the substantial penalties ordered against employers for failing to comply with the standards as required by the Workplace Health and Safety legislation. 

The Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 provides guidelines to meet  workplace health and safety obligations through the:

• Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 1997 which describes what must be done to prevent or control certain hazards which cause injury, illness or death.
• Codes of Practice (or prior to 18 November 2004, advisory standards) which are designed to give practical advice about ways to manage exposure to risks common to industry.
• Conducting risk assessments are a specialist role that requires training and experience. A poor risk assessment is worse than no risk assessment.

To overcome these concerns organisations are more and more turning to Livingstones for guidance and advice. 

Our professional staff is, experienced and dedicated to the task and can save you time, money and unnecessary complications.

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To this end we can provide effective advice regarding: 

• The legislative framework for workplace health and safety in Queensland.
• The obligations of both the Employer and Employee.
• The principles of risk management.
• How to conduct an incident investigation.
• How to deal with a prosecution for a breach of the Act.
• Crisis response strategies.
• Critical incident counselling.

Livingstones Australia has the professional expertise in industrial advocacy, industrial legislation, mediation, conflict resolution and organisational psychology.

Our diverse skill base means that Livingstones Australia has the expertise to manage the wide range of risks to Workplace Health and Safety.